We were 6 boxes back, dead center. Loved this show! Back when they let you bring coolers, food and beer in to "picnic" in the box seats. Commander Cody and Maria were a great warm up for the boys. Phil and Ned about blew the top of my head off, and the Wall was something to see. Great recording to relive that beautiful day.

I love the wall of sound era for such beautiful clarity which created such a magnificent canvas for the boys to paint their masterpieces of which this is one of many. We Sat just right of center Behind the box seats right next to a young Jodi Foster who was there with her parents and back in the 70’s they used hired high school and college athletes as security and they were to put it mildly amateurs there to make a buck and quick to anger and a little rougher with the crowds then they were used to
And as they were busy dragging freaks out of the box seat area that filtered down from above
Jodi took her parents bota bag with wine in it and starting squirting it into the eyes of the goons that were pulling these dead heads along once the wine hit there eyes that let go the the crowd around us went nuts.. they were trying to see who did it but she put it down and starting dancing. A silly story but cool at the time the show was spectacular in all regards.. wasn’t the biggest fan of sea stones at the time but it gave way to Space with became a regular part of their shows.. anything from wall of sound again is always worth a listen because the sound was so good monitor wise for THEM which if any of you suffered thru the late 69 early 70 know they were always stopping between songs either tuning at length or complaining about the monitors. This allowed them the freedom to expand their songs to great lengths of exploration 😎

There are some great 1974 soundboard shows, don't get me wrong, but the Wall of Sound needs to be heard from an audience recording to really appreciate what they built. This recording has everything, great positioning of the equipment, not a lot of audience mumbling, and great sound. If I spent a lot of money on recording equipment, got to the show, and found out I set up next to the nut with a whistle who attended most of the summer of 74 I would be pissed, but this guy got it right. I don't know anything about the physics of sound, but this seems the perfect combination of mic positioning, outdoor venue, and theater acoustics you could dream of.

Sound quality is good, but in my opinion the 5-25 show is a far superior performance. Still this is worth a look.

The China Rider is a typical 74, though perhaps a bit faster than most. The Playin' sequence is the STUFF!! Someone already mentioned the segue into Wharf Rat, but how about the segue from Nobody's Fault back into Playin'? Outside of a nasty patch in Truckin' (~ 20-30 sec speedy and muffled), the sound quality is A1, the overwhelming volume and clarity of the Wall of Sound allowing for an excellent aud.

but they (SIRIUS) also said that there was only one copy of it in circulation and could not be found. But still a badass show.

9/7/07 this will be the first show played on the All DEAD channel. One of Gans' favorite.

Awesome- maybe because we are sso spoiled with so many good 74 shows- but do not overlook this one- from the China Rider out it is just wonderful- the PITB goes to interesting places- like many in 74- but at this show it sort of makes more sense than many others- and then the sweet segue into wharf rat- wow

This recording rules, particularly for those of us searching for nice audience tapes after the fall of the soundboards. I think this recording gives an idea of the Wall of Sound sound that the SBDs can't touch. The best AUD I have found is Frost '82. Check that one out.

HB

FYI -

There is a complete show version of this date, with this source patched from a previously uncirculated source by Charlie Miller:

http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=31436

UPDATE: The complete show version is now available to download from this site at:

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=31854&from=otherCopy

or simply click on the left just under where it says "Other Copies".

Thus the new version does not have the "painful" aspect mentioned by the previous reviewer ! :)

Really nice sounding audience recording. Some funny banter around the taper ("hey where's the roach clip"?), but nothing too distracting. Everyone quiets down when the jams start in earnest.

Scarlet ends with a faded-out cut while they're still hard at it which is a little painful.

Maybe not the best show of the summer, but certainly worth a listen.

Ignore that dude below that says the Dead are bored at this show, for real. the Playin>WR>Truckin (small cut)>Playin is every bit as sick as it looks, and the sound here is quite listenable!! summer at the hollywood bowl in 74..... makes my mouth water!!!
Seriously..the Playin is SOOO on point!! The Nobody's Fault jam is about 15 seconds long, also, FYI.....

This is one of the best aud recordings i have ever heard....especially from the pre-digital era. Not too much crowd noise but lots of DEAD! Even the bass comes in clear which is rare for audience recordings from this era!

Not usually a big fan of early 70's aud's, but this one is sick sick sick!

This is a pretty routine show for 1974, kind of like they were taking a break or something. It's a solid show, but not as groundbreaking as say 6/26 or even 8/4, or 8/6. What is interesting is how they touch on Nobody's Fault and Your Mind Has Left Your Body in quick succession during the Truckin' jam. You can hear that they're getting good at this type of jamming, almost too good. They didn't play very many shows in 74, and they may have been getting just the tiniest bit bored at times. Still a good show from a young G.D. Great AUD by Bertrando, of course. Worth a listen. You can really hear how Seastones was so much louder on the P.A. than when they were just playing their set, it's kind of funny. Must have been mind-blowing in person, if not ear-splitting.